| ominous | Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread. "He had a good ominous name to have made a peace." (Bacon) "In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous." (South) Om"inously, Om"inousness. Origin: L. Ominosus, fr. Omen. See Omen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| omission | 1. The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty. "The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission." (Addison) 2. That which is omitted or is left undone. Origin: L. Omissio: cf. F. Omission. See Omit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| omit | 1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. "These personal comparisons I omit." (Bacon) 2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect. "Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age." (Addison) Origin: L. Omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |